Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks flies to Will Rogers’ memorial, Glendale, 1935

Title: Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks flies to Will Rogers’ memorial, Glendale, 1935
Date Created: November 2, 1935
Date: 1935-11-02
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
English
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Photograph of Lieutenant Commander Frank Hawks holding a poster that features a woman surrounded by an American flag and a cowboy. The poster reads in English, “WILL ROGERS MEMORIAL FUND”. Frank is sitting in an airplane labeled “Acostia”, which he flew to the memorial of his friend, Will Rogers.
This photograph may be associated with the article, “ROGERS PAID RADIO HONOR: Friends Join in Broadcast Stone, Billie Burke, Cobb, Hawks and Cantor Near Tears in Tribute MEMORY OF ROGERS PAID TOUCHING RADIO TRIBUTE Departed Comrade’s Good Works Told,” Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 1935: 1.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Lt Comdr. Frank Hawks 11-2-35
Text from negative sleeve: 2675—Lt Comdr Frank Hawks, Rogers Mem. Talk 11-2-35, [STAMPED:] NOV 1935

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938
Location: Glendale (Calif.)
Latitude: -118.286858
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Air pilots--American
Airplanes--American--California--Glendale
Posters

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_9204
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002dh77s
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Rights Country: US
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